Veranstaltungsverzeichnis

Institute of History

• English course offer for exchange students :
• School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Institute of History

Winter semester 2024/2025 1 Seminars

VAK Course Number	Title	Type Lecture Preliminary studies Advanced courses Practical course Colloquium Research group Workgroup Project group Council conference Internship Language course Subject didactics Excursion Tutorial Committee	SWS Semester weekly hours	Teachers	Degree
4.02.034	Memory Activism and Postcolonial Memory Cultures in Namibia Dates on Saturday, 09.11.2024, Friday, 22.11.2024 12:00 - 19:00, Saturday, 23.11.2024 10:00 - 18:00, Location: A01 0-008, A06 0-001 Description: From 1904 to 1908, genocide was committed against the Herero and Nama ethnic groups in the German colony "German South-West Africa," present-day Namibia. The aftermath and trauma of genocide, colonialism, apartheid, land grabbing, and German neocolonial politics towards Namibia continue to shape the present for the affected communities. In this course, we will explore lieux de mémoire and the work of memory activists in Namibia. This includes examining monuments, archival material, historical sites, commemorative events, cultural practices, rituals, oral traditions, and artistic works. We will focus on the struggles of cultural memory and remembrance in postcolonial contexts. A key emphasis will be on the work of memory activists from the affected communities who continue to commemorate and remember the genocide despite ongoing (post-)colonial continuities. Students will have the opportunity to personally meet one such activist, Laidlaw Peringanda, founder of the Swakopmund Genocide Museum and chairman of the Namibian Genocide Association, which organises annual days to tend to and restore the unmarked mass graves in Swakopmund. He will introduce us to his work and give a talk on “Celebration and Denial: Selective Memory Cultures in Swakopmund.” From 1904 to 1908, genocide was committed against the Herero and Nama ethnic groups in the German colony "German South-West Africa," present-day Namibia. The aftermath and trauma of genocide, colonialism, apartheid, land grabbing, and German neocolonial politics towards Namibia continue to shape the present for the affected communities. In this course, we will explore lieux de mémoire and the work of memory activists in Namibia. This includes examining monuments, archival material, historical sites, commemorative events, cultural practices, rituals, oral traditions, and artistic works. We will focus on the struggles of cultural memory and remembrance in postcolonial contexts. A key emphasis will be on the work of memory activists from the affected communities who continue to commemorate and remember the genocide despite ongoing (post-)colonial continuities. Students will have the opportunity to personally meet one such activist, Laidlaw Peringanda, founder of the Swakopmund Genocide Museum and chairman of the Namibian Genocide Association, which organises annual days to tend to and restore the unmarked mass graves in Swakopmund. He will introduce us to his work and give a talk on “Celebration and Denial: Selective Memory Cultures in Swakopmund.”	Seminar	-	Louise Adams	Bachelor Master of Education Master
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